Rome Sights

Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

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  • Address
    • Piazza di Santa Cecilia 22
  • Transport
    • or
    • Viale di Trastevere
  • Phone
    • 06 589 92 89
  • Price
    • admission basilica/Cavallini fresco/crypt free/€2.50/2.50
  • Hours
    • basilica & crypt 9.30am-12.30pm & 4-6.30pm, Cavallini fresco 10.15-noon Mon-Sat, 11.15-12.15 Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

The last resting place of Saint Cecilia (the patron saint of music), the Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere features a stunning 13th-century fresco by Pietro Cavallini in the nuns’ choir. Below the altar, Stefano Moderno’s delicate sculpture shows exactly how Saint Cecilia’s miraculously preserved body was found when it was unearthed in the Catacombe di San Callisto in 1599. Beneath the church you can visit the excavations of several Roman houses, one of which might have belonged to Saint Cecilia.

 

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